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The Meaning and Rationality of Faith: A Christian and Atheist Conversation
Christians and atheists often engage in heated debate over the rationality of faith. Unfortunately, those conversations tend to generate more […]
An Atheist and a Christian Walk into a Bar, epistemology, faith, Justin Schieber, rationalityCan a subjective, private religious experience be veridical?
It has been a long while since I engaged anything written by John Loftus. (Though I still think our book God […]
epistemology, John Loftus, religious experienceDoes the success of Christianity provide a prima facie reason to believe it is true?
Christianity is the largest religion on earth with approximately 2.2 billion adherents. Do you think the undeniable success of Christianity […]
apologetics, argumentum ad populum, consensus, epistemology, rationality, social epistemologyOn Spurious Attempts to Favor Naturalism over Theism
In this article, I want to consider a spurious attempt to favor naturalism over theism. To be clear, I don’t […]
apologetics, epistemology, naturalism, Ockham's razor, solipsismEncountering Mystery at the Summer Waterslide
This article is equal parts summer nostalgia and rumination on mystery. But let’s start with the summer nostalgia. Summer Nostalgia […]
epistemic humility, epistemology, mystery, rationality, theologyDo you need to know how the internal witness of the Holy Spirit works in order to receive an internal witness of the Holy Spirit?
Many Christians claim to form justified beliefs based on a spiritual experience (e.g. the internal witness of the Holy Spirit) […]
epistemology, religious belief, religious epistemology, sensus divinitatisAre theological theories falsifiable?
There is a popular, but altogether mistaken idea that scientific theories differ from theological (or philosophical) ones in that the former […]
epistemology, falsification, science, theologyPutting “Laurel or Yanny” into Divine Service
Unless you’ve been backpacking in the Himalayas for the last few days, you have been confronted with the latest internet […]
epistemology, Reformed epistemology, William AlstonScientists who get in trouble doing philosophy
The other day I reviewed the new documentary Bill Nye: Science Guy. The documentary begins with the following quote from Carl Sagan: […]
Carl Sagan, epistemology, scientism